PPI’s 2010 Winter Roundtable will examine the growing importance of China and the Middle East as emerging market money centers. The program will feature in-depth discussions of their respective economies and an assessment of inward and outward capital flows associated with both regions. Key questions for discussion in Napa include:

• What are the growth prospects for the China and the Middle East, and what are these economies doing to enhance their regional and global competitiveness?
• What asset classes and investment strategies are needed to tap into the underlying growth in these regions?
• What new investment models are emerging? i.e. sovereign wealth, sharia investment and Islamic finance, 21st century mercantilism?
• What is the nature of the financial relationship between the two emerging market money centers of China and the Middle East?
• Where are these countries investing? How will their growing economic importance affect the geo-political landscape in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Asia-Pacific regions?

Co-Chairs:
Teresa Barger, Chief Executive and Chief Investment Officer, Cartica Capital, LLC
Jean Eric Salata, Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Baring Private Equity Asia